A new Center for Immigration Studies video report highlights Texas Governor Abbott’s “Operation Hold the Line”, which has state police and National Guard block immigrants at the Rio Grande River’s edge, and President Biden’s undermining of the state’s efforts to enforce the laws. Todd Bensman, the Center for Immigration Studies’ senior national security fellow, captures the border war, showing … [Read more...] about VIDEO report from the frontier: A Cold Border War Breaks Out Between Abbott’s Texas and Biden’s White House
Securing America's Borders
Government Report Faults Border Crisis for Premature Release of Suspected Terrorist
‘Increased flow of migrants’ and ‘multiple mistakes’ due to Biden’s historic mass migration crisis have weakened national security Listen to Bensman discuss this case on WMAL's Vince Congolese Show, Washington DC By Todd Bensman as published July 5, 2023 by the Center for Immigration Studies In an unusual, scathing, and much-redacted public report, the Department of Homeland Security’s … [Read more...] about Government Report Faults Border Crisis for Premature Release of Suspected Terrorist
The Federalist: The Mass Migration Crisis is Raging at Full Throttle No Matter What ‘They’ Say
America’s beleaguered cities and towns, growing numbers of which are suffering unfunded inundation, do not care how the government let 200,000 aliens cross per month. They only care that they are here. Here are three ways it’s happening A Mauritanian (left) and Senegalese immigrant who crossed the border at Yuma, Arizona and were quickly released, at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport preparing to … [Read more...] about The Federalist: The Mass Migration Crisis is Raging at Full Throttle No Matter What ‘They’ Say
Book Review, The Jewish Voice: ‘Overrun: How Administration Policies Created an Immigration Disaster
BY LINDA WIEGENFELD as published JUNE 21, 2023 by The Jewish Voice “Immigration is tough. It always has been because, on the one hand, I think we are naturally a people that wants to help others. And we see tragedy and hardship and families that are desperately trying to get here so that their kids are safe. … At the same time, we’re a nation state. We have borders. The idea … [Read more...] about Book Review, The Jewish Voice: ‘Overrun: How Administration Policies Created an Immigration Disaster
Political Decision to End Rapid DNA Testing at the Border Guarantees Immigrant Child Abuse
By Todd Bensman as published June 8, 2023 by Town Hall AUSTIN, Texas – “I’m thinking to myself: Horror. Horror. Horror” That was how Monica Maple, a retired assistant special agent in charge of ICE Homeland Security Investigations, described her feelings to me about when she learned last year that President Joe Biden’s government merely pared back a rapid DNA testing program at the southern … [Read more...] about Political Decision to End Rapid DNA Testing at the Border Guarantees Immigrant Child Abuse
Breaking: Texas to Deploy Marine Barrier in the Rio Grande to Block New Surge of Immigrants
By Todd Bensman as published June 8, 2023 by the Center for Immigration Studies AUSTIN, Texas – In the latest in his series of state-level immigration-control initiatives, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has okayed an unusual new tool: a floating marine barrier to be deployed in the Rio Grande, three sources with direct knowledge confirmed to the Center for Immigration Studies. The first 1,000 … [Read more...] about Breaking: Texas to Deploy Marine Barrier in the Rio Grande to Block New Surge of Immigrants
Latest in the New York Post: Families are flooding US border following Title 42’s end — because Biden’s rules don’t apply to them
By Todd Bensman as published June 4, 2023 by The New York Post PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico — “Mission Accomplished” is how President Biden, his top deputies and media lackeys are characterizing the “tough” new border management plan that on May 12 replaced the pandemic-control Title-42 rapid expulsion measure. Administration officials boasted — and legacy media trilled — that, thanks to … [Read more...] about Latest in the New York Post: Families are flooding US border following Title 42’s end — because Biden’s rules don’t apply to them
The Federalist: Migrant Interviews Debunk Biden DHS’ False Talking Point About Cartel ‘Disinformation’
Most immigrants do not spend fortunes on risky journeys based on disinformation from criminal strangers. By Todd Bensman as published May 26, 2023 by The Federalist AUSTIN, Texas -- In government communiques, press conferences, and congressional hearings under oath, top Biden administration officials have repeatedly blamed a particular bogeyman for the unrelenting, historic … [Read more...] about The Federalist: Migrant Interviews Debunk Biden DHS’ False Talking Point About Cartel ‘Disinformation’
Sources: Despite Talk of Tough ‘Consequences’, Biden Is Admitting Illegal Immigrants Just Like Before
A new human torrent becomes more likely once word reaches 120,000 in Mexico By Todd Bensman as published on May 19, 2023 by the Center for Immigration Studies AUSTIN, Texas — The Biden administration appears to be admitting illegal border-crossers into the United States interior under the new strategy it told the American public was a tough deterrent that would dissuade illegal entries, … [Read more...] about Sources: Despite Talk of Tough ‘Consequences’, Biden Is Admitting Illegal Immigrants Just Like Before
Bensman Title 42 Border Coverage From Matamoros, Mexico May 8-15, 2023
Video Updates: Mexican Border in Chaos as Title 42 Ends CIS analyst Todd Bensman is live at the border in Matamoros and Reynosa, Mexico at a massive migrant camp. He has been watching thousands of migrants flooding into the U.S. all day; they are not waiting for the end of Title 42. Mexican immigration officials on the ground are powerless to do anything. See Bensman’s Twitter feed videos and … [Read more...] about Bensman Title 42 Border Coverage From Matamoros, Mexico May 8-15, 2023